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Creating Menu Bar


You can create a unique style Menu Bar for your website by your own.

Design the Base:

Open a new document in Photoshop (Ctrl+N). Select Rounded Rectangle tool (U) and use shape option. Draw a rounded rectangle. Select the Elliptical Tool.

Menu Bar Tutorial

Adding Reflection to the Top

Now add some highlights to menu mar to give the appearance of a reflective bar.  Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and draw a large circle selection at the half of the bar.

Selection

Fill the circle with a white color. Set Overlay Blending Mode and make the opacity at 50%. You'll get something like this:

Reflection

Select "Layer 1" and duplicate it (Ctrl+J). Move the copy at the bottom of the bar.

Second Reflection

Now go to the Blending Options of the bar and make such settings.

Outer Glow Settings

Inner Glow Settings

Gradient Overlay Settings

#Final step

Now it's time to add some text. Here is the example of the bar:

Professional Glassy Menu Bar Tutorial: Final Result (Click to enlarge)
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I hope this tutorial was useful for you!



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